Straw helmet hat



A. URIWAL INVENTOR ALI-0N5 UR/WAL Jul 1 ATTORNEY Feb. 19, 1935.

STR'AW HELMET HAT Filed Sept. 6, 1955 Patented F eb. 19, 1935' UNlTEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE- STRAW HELMET HAT Alfons Uriwal, Laredo, Tex.,assignor to Texas Harvest Hat Company, Inc., Laredo, Tex.

Application September 6, 1933, Serial No. 688,342

2 Claims.

by a substantially elliptical brim having the edges turned down formingan inverted hollow shape, and a dome shaped crown having a hemisphericaltop and cylindrical bottom, with the bottom connected with said brim sothat the center of the crown is arranged upon the center axis of saideliptical shape, but set slightly to the front.

Still further the invention proposes constructing the helmet hat aspointed out in the previous paragraph from straw woven into form andfinished by the operation of die.

Still further the invention proposes arranging the die mentioned in theprevious paragraph so as to form the crown portion and the bottomportion with radial grooves upon the under sides. It is proposed thatthe radial grooves on the crown portion constitute passages for the airwithin the crown portion to produce circulation. It is further proposedthat the radial grooves upon the brim portion constitute reinforcementswhereby th brim portion is rendered stifier. Still further it isproposed that the arrangement of the grooves upon the crown and brimportions add to the ornamental design of the hat.

. Furthermore as another object it is proposed to arrange passages inthe crown portion of the hat to act as air vents, and more particularlyto arrange some of these passages at the lowermost terminals of thegrooves in the crown portion of the hat.

Still further the invention proposes completing the hat with a ribbonband, a bow and a sweat band.

And another object of this invention it is proposed to construct adevice as mentioned which is simple and durable and which may bemanufactured and sold at a reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawing, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a hat constructed according to thisinvention.

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4-4of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on the line 5-5 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary elevational view of the interior of the hatshowing in particular the sweat band.

The straw helmet hat according to this invention comprises a brim 10having its edges 11 turned downwards forming an inverted shallow shape.The brim 10 is substantially of elliptical shape in plan view. The domeshaped crown portion is associated with the brim and comprises a tophemispherical portion 12 and a bottom cylindrical portion 13 connectedwith the brim. The vertical central axis of the dome shaped portion isarranged upon the major axis of the elliptical shape of the brim, butset slightly to the front as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2.

The semispherical top portion 12 of the crown of the hat is formed witha hemispherical dome recess 14 in the under side. This recess is formedby pressing out the material so as to form a semispherical bulge at thetop side. Furthermore a plurality of radial grooves 15 are also formedupon the under side of the hemispherical dome shaped top portion of thecrown. These grooves extend down to substantially the top of thecylindrical bottom portion 13 of the crown. A large opening 16 is formedin the base of each of the grooves 15. The grooves are formed bypressing out the material of the crown portion so that radial ridges areformed upon the outside of the crown portion. Eyelets 17 are engagedinto the opening 16 so as to finish the edges of the openings. Theseeyelets function to have their open centers constituting openings tovent the interior of the hat. A plurality of small air holes 18 arearranged completely around the cylindrical bottom 13 of the crownportion of the hat. These openings 18 serve to vent the forehead andother portions of the head of a wearer of the hat. The brim 10 is alsoformed with radial grooves 19 on the under side, forming radial ridgesupon the top. These ridges serve to reinforce the brim to make itstiffer. Binding material 20 is sewed around the edge of the brim so asto finish the brim.

The hat should preferably be formed from straw which is woven accordingto any weave desired. It is necessary in order to manufacture the hat tosubstantially follow this process:- First of all, the hat should bewoven into proper shape exclusive of the grooves and then with themoulded so as to form the grooves and the ridges and the recesses, allas previously described.

The hat is finished or trimmed as follows:---

There is a small sweat band 22 secured within the hat by a line ofstitches 23. This line of stitches 23 also serves to secure down the topedge of an ornamental band 24 arranged outside of the hat upon the lowerportion of the cylindrical bottom. A bow and buckle 25 is attached uponthe band 24 at the rear of the hat. Preferably the lower side of thebrim of the hat may be painted or dyed a different color. This adds tothe ornamental efiect.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claims. I v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure United States Letters Patent is:-

1. In a straw helmet hat, a brim, a crown secured on said brim, saidcrown comprising a hemispherical top surface and a vertical surfacedepending from said hemispherical surface, a small raised portion in thetop of said crown, inwardly opening grooves in said crown, the bottomwalls of said grooves being raised above the surface of plane of saidvertical surface.

2. In a straw helmet hat, a brim, a crown secured on said brim, saidcrown comprising a hemispherical top surface and a vertical surfacedepending from said hemispherical surface, a small raised portion in thetop of said crown, inwardly opening grooves in said crown,'.the bottomwalls of said grooves being raised above the surface of thecrown, saidgrooves extending radially from the periphery of said raised portion topoints substantially on the vertical surface of said crown, said grooveshaving their bottom walls at their lower ends substantially flush withthe vertical surfaces of said crown, and openings at the lower ends ofsaid grooves substantially in the plane of said vertical surface, andmetal eyelets disposed in said openings.

ALFONS URIWAL.

